Governor, do something about payday loans

7:49 PM,
Mar. 18, 2014

Roger Ray

Written by

Roger
RAY

We met in the summer of 2006 when you were first meeting with interested citizens in preparation for a run for governor. We stood in the shade of a big oak tree in Phelps Grove Park, and you listened patiently to my concerns about the payday loan industry in Springfield and across the state.

You assured me that you were also very concerned about the impact that these high-interest loans was having on Missouri's poor, and I see from your recent comments on Sen. Mike Cunningham's very harmful and deceptive payday loan "reform" bill, your views have not changed. ...